With Wires and a MIDI Machine, Local Musicians Let Their Plants Play the Songs
On Saturday locals musicians will gather at the go studio Inhale Miami to harmonize melodies that derive from plants.
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Out Con, Florida’s LGBT-Oriented Comic Convention, Returns Next Month
Out Con and all of its glorious madness will return to the Miami Airport Convention Center May 6 and 7.
Animal Activists Question Frost Science Museum’s Crocodile and Shark Exhibits
Though many locals are excited to check out Frost Science and its scaly critters, not everyone is happy about the new aquatic menagerie. Local animal rights activists argue that hammerheads and crocodiles shouldn’t be placed in enclosures for exhibition purposes because larger predatory animals might be cognizant of their captivity.
Yutyrannus, a Dinosaur With Feathers, Is Coming to the Frost Museum of Science
The Frost Museum of Science’s new location in downtown Miami will have a Yutyrannus on permanent display in its exhibit “Feathers to the Stars,” which chronicles the history of flight.
Amid Crisis in Their Homeland, Syrian Refugees Present Their Art in Wynwood
Gary Nader Art Centre in Wynwood — one of the state’s leading galleries — is hosting “Refuge in Paint,” an exhibition of artwork by Syrian refugees.
Vizcaya Plans to Demolish Former Science Museum Building to Install an Urban Garden
With its palatial bearing and labyrinthine landscaping, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens is one of Miami-Dade’s most popular tourist spots. More than 200,000 people visit the county-owned villa each year. That number is poised to grow after a renovation of the property.
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A “Floating Net Sculpture” Might Be Headed to Downtown Miami
Locals are interested in bringing a jellyfish-looking net sculpture to downtown Miami, where it would float in the air just above the lawn in Museum Park.
The Science Museum’s Sloth Statue Will Reportedly Move to Omni Park
Because the science museum is set to open its new downtown location in early May, many of the old location’s items, including the iconic sloth statue, are in a state of limbo regarding their next home. However, the sloth will most likely be moved to Omni Park.
Miami’s Panorama Tower Officially Became Florida’s Tallest Building This Week
The Four Seasons Miami is no longer the tallest building in the Sunshine State.
Frost Science Museum’s Laser Light Show Returns June 2
That show ended in 2015 when the museum began its move to downtown and its rebranding as the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. And now the circle of life continues. The new location will carry on with the laser show, the museum confirms. Frost Science public relations manager Paola Villanueva Ortega tells New Times that a new laser light show will debut June 2.
At Out Con, Cosplaying Brought the LGBT Community Together
Beatriz Concha adjusted her dual-colored pink and violet wig before she promenaded into the Miami Airport Convention Center on Saturday morning for Out Con, Florida’s first LGBT comic book convention. At the event, which more than 500 people attended, the 22-year-old local sold artwork featuring famous animé characters at her…
Lolita’s Miami Seaquarium Tank Doesn’t Meet Federal Standards, Activists Argue UPDATED
For years, animal rights activists have argued that Miami Seaquarium is breaking federal law by keeping its orca, Lolita, in a tank that’s too small. Now they say a new statement by the agency that regulates those tanks bolsters their argument. According to the Animal Welfare Act, the minimum space…
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SeaWorld’s Orcas Are Moving to More “Natural” Environments, but What About Lolita?
Yesterday SeaWorld announced it would stop breeding orcas, the latest fallout from the Blackfish documentary. The news comes on the heels of the theme park’s announcement that the company will also construct larger, more “natural” habitats for its killer whales. Miami activists celebrated the news — but were also left…
After Living in a Bathtub Outside Miami Seaquarium for a Month, Protester Will End Demonstration This Weekend
For three weeks, a self professed “animal rights warrior” named Danielle Daals has been living in a bathtub in front of the Miami Seaquarium to protest the marine park’s captivity of cetaceans, including Lolita the orca. Jeff Geragi, the president of the Miami-based Animal Activists Network, whose members helped plan…
Free Lolita Protester to Live in Bathtub Outside Miami Seaquarium Next Week
Danielle Daals has been making the most of every minute with her family lately, from relishing strolls in the park with her pup Maxwell, a mixed rescue, to savoring sips of coffee during chats with her mom Stephanie. Because next week, the New Zealander plans to travel across the world…
Tiger Trainer Defends Animal Shows at Santa’s Enchanted Forest
Last month, sign-waving demonstrators massed in front of Tropical Park to try to dissuade customers from buying tickets to Christmas mainstay Santa’s Enchanted Forest. Their complaint? The live tigers and other animals used in shows at the theme park, which activists claimed are mistreated. “These animals are forced to live…
Most Gay Miamians Aren’t on Anti-HIV Drug Because They Don’t Know Much About It
Miami-Dade County has one of the highest HIV rates in the country and Florida lead the nation in HIV-related deaths. So it’s troubling, activists say, that a new survey suggests not enough residents know about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication that inhibits HIV transmission. The data comes from a survey on…
Santa’s Enchanted Forest Protest Planned Over Animal Shows
It’s the happiest time of the year — except for the animals at Santa’s Enchanted Forest. At least that’s what a group of animal activists planning a protest against the venerable holiday theme park says. They believe Santa’s Enchanted Forest, which bills itself as the “world’s largest holiday theme park,”…
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Activists Rally in South Beach Against Florida’s Upcoming Bear Hunt
Yes, Florida does have bears — black bears, the kind that rarely bother humans other than rifling through trash cans for food. That’s reason enough, apparently, for the state of Florida to authorize a new bear hunt in the state, with permits already issues for hundreds of hunters to track…
Lolita Activists Win Court Victory Allowing Protests at Seaquarium
During a protest in front of the Miami Seaquarium last summer, a Miami-Dade cop arrested animal activist Steven Bagenski for holding a “Free Lolita” sign while standing on a public sidewalk. Believing his First Amendment rights were being curtailed, Bagenski, along with fellow activists, filed a lawsuit against MDPD with the…
Free-Lolita Activist Plans to Live in Bathtub Outside Miami Seaquarium for a Month
Animal rights activists have been pushing Miami Seaquarium for two decades to release Lolita, a now 50-year-old orca held in the smallest tank in the country. Protestors have marched on the Virginia Key park and held press conferences, but now a 29-year-old New Zealander has a different idea of how…
Miami Beach Politician Aims to End Gay Conversion Therapy for Minors
Last Thursday, State Representative David Richardson of Miami Beach filed a bill (HB 137) that, if approved, would prohibit the use of so-called “gay conversion therapy” on minors, a practice that aims to change the sexual orientation of people who are same-sex attracted. Critics of the practice say that conversion…